Diencephalon

Question 1

Borders

Answer 1

Located b/t the telecephalon &mesencephalon and b/t the interventricular foramen & post. commissure

Question 2

Epithalamus

Answer 2

Pineal body (epiphysis cerenri)
Habenular trigone
Medullary stria of thalamus
Tela choroidea and choroid plexus of 3rd ventricle 
Tenia thalami

Question 3

Habenular trigone

Answer 3

Small depressed triangular area. Borders:
Med.: tenia thalami + Habenular commissure
Lat.: thalamus
Post.: sup. colliculus

Question 4

Thalamus

Answer 4

Pulvinar
Metathalamus:
-Med. geniculate body(MGB)
-Lat. geniculate body (LGB)
Ant. tubercle
Interthalamuc adhesion (massa intermedia)

Question 5

MGB & LGB

Answer 5

MGB: part of the auditory system, communicates with the inf. colliculus voa the brachium of inf. colliculus.

LGB: part of visual system, communicates with the sup. colliculus via its brachium

Question 6

What separates the hypothalamus and thalamus?

Answer 6

Hypothalamic sulcus

Question 7

Hypothalamus

Answer 7

Optic chiasma
Mamillary bodies
Infundibulum
Tuber cinereum: hollow eminence of gray matter situated b/t mamillary bodies and optic chiasma

Question 8

Subthalamus

Answer 8

Lies ventral to the thalamus and lat. to the hypothalamus, not visible in midsagittal section

• Subthalamic nucleus of Luys
• Zona incerta and fields of Forel